Dandy (song)

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“Dandy”
album track/ export-single by The Kinks
Album	Face to Face
Released	28 October, 1966
Recorded	May-Jun 1966 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Label	Pye NPL 18149 (mono)
Composer	Ray Davies
Producer	Shel Talmy
Face to Face track listing
"Rosy Won't You Please Come Home" (2) “Dandy” (3) "Too Much On My Mind" (4)

"Dandy" is a 1966 song from The Kinks, appearing on their Face to Face album. In it songwriter Ray Davies skewered the would-be master lover of the title. There is speculation that Davies wrote the song in reference to the wild lifestyle of his younger brother, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies.

"Dandy" became a Top 10 hit as recorded by Herman's Hermits in that same time frame, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100; singer Peter Noone did or did not preserve Davies' sardonic wit in his take on it, depending.

"Dandy" was released as single in continental Europe only, where it charted.